Chapter 202: Chapter 202
Chapter 202
Yueqian paid no attention or respect to them at all. The more she saw their arrogant behavior, the more she looked down on them. Naturally, Yueqian was not too lazy to show them what true arrogance was.
"Qu Yi, didn’t I ask you? What happened!" Her voice rose again, stern and full of dissatisfaction. An intimidating aura burst out, making people fear. Normally, she didn’t display such behavior, and it made people realize that this was a situation where she was extremely angry.
In the future, everyone would have to think twice before daring to oppose the Governor Mu’s furen. If they thought they could handle her capricious anger like a villainess, then they could try.
"F-Furen..." Qu Yi’s trembling voice came out. The young girl still felt the burning sensation on her skin. It was fortunate that the hot water didn’t splash on her face; otherwise, she would have fainted already.
"Governor’s Furen, let me explain. I was helping Qu Yi set up the table for food distribution, but these two court ladies wanted to take the food. Actually, Qu Yi and I did not block their way. However, after they got just a few dumplings as ordered, they went on a rampage."
"Qu Yi and I tried to tell them that the dumplings were limited and couldn’t be taken at will. Qu Yi even persuaded the court ladies to wait until they reached the city, where they could buy more food."
"However, the court ladies refused and wanted to take the whole pot of dumplings. A struggle ensued, and Qu Yi refused to let go of the pot, so the two court ladies poured the hot broth on her arm."
The soldier spoke the truth, feeling both indignant that the court ladies dared to do such a thing and fearful that they might report to the eunuchs, leading to severe punishment for them. Nevertheless, for little Qu Yi, who helped the governor’s furen take care of them, even the dumplings she tried to protect were meant for soldiers like him. Therefore, he couldn’t let the girl face the danger alone.
"Qu Yi, you made a mistake. Do you realize your fault?" Who would have thought that after the Furen Mu heard the truth, she should have been furious with the court ladies and dealt with them to help her own people? But why was she questioning Qu Yi’s fault instead?
The young girl’s eyes trembled. She felt physical pain and numbing ache in her heart. Earlier, she had thought her mistress was a divine savior who taught her about love and care. Who would have thought that when facing people from influential backgrounds, the mistress wouldn’t think of protecting her anymore?
Qu Yi wept silently. She said nothing, only thinking that if the other party ordered her to die, she would die without regret. She felt that her life had been given back to her and that was enough.
However, Yueqian wasn’t finished speaking. Her next words made Qu Yi cry even harder, but this time out of deep respect, with no trace of the feelings of inferiority she had previously felt.
"Your fault lies in not calling me to handle this matter. You are just a child and a servant. If a fight breaks out, you must call your master to intervene."
"After this, I will punish you. But for now, go and take care of yourself first. Use water to cleanse the filth and I will apply medicine. As for you two..." Yueqian pointed to the two court ladies who were frowning at her.
Although Yueqian spoke as if she were siding with her own people, these court ladies were sent by the Emperor. They believed that the governor’s furen, who had been summoned by the Emperor, would never harm them.
However, they were wrong!
"Soldiers! Do you not intend to deal with the traitors from the Small Mountain City? These court ladies dared to conspire with the vile soldiers under orders from the Small Mountain City’s governor to rebel. They sought to destroy the rations meant for the soldiers of Red Earth City, preventing us from traveling smoothly to the capital."
"These two women took advantage of our trust in them as people of the King to harm my people, who accidentally discovered their plot. They aimed to weaken the soldiers of Red Earth City. Who knows how far we can take the soldiers from Small Mountain City? It’s likely that soon we will fall by our own swords because of these two vile court ladies!"
"This battle is significant. The spies dared to disguise themselves as people of the great Emperor to deceive us, but I will not let our journey to serve the Emperor be ruined by these scoundrels."
"What kind of soldiers are you? Quickly apprehend them, bind their hands and feet tightly, and flog them until they are too weak to harm us again in the future."
She wasn’t just speaking; could such blatant slander really happen? No matter how they looked at it, they only saw the shamelessness of Governor Mu’s furen.
Originally, wasn’t she a respected woman who acted straightforwardly? So what was this demon standing before them? With just a few words, she turned black into white and white into green. Look at the faces of those court ladies. Their once fair faces had turned a dark shade of green!
The two seemed to try to respond, but would the governor’s furen let them do that? No one knew how she grabbed a large pot that originally contained bone broth, which had all been used to scald Qu Yi. With only the pot left, the governor’s furen lifted it and struck “clang!!” on the heads of the two court ladies, making them see stars.
Amid the confusion, the two women fell but did not faint. No one knew who kept their eyes open. The powerful governor’s furen dragged the two women together, placed the large pot over their heads, grabbed a soldier’s baton designed by the governor and herself, and started hitting the pot continuously, creating a “clang clang” sound.
As she struck, she shouted that she had captured the spies for the Small Mountain City’s governor, loudly recounting the events with some truth and many shameless fabrications. Many people gathered, witnessing this strange scene. Fortunately, the commotion allowed the military doctor traveling with them to see Qu Yi and take her for treatment.
Not long after, the person Yueqian intended to appear after banging the pot until its bottom dented did indeed show up. Of course, it wasn’t Mu Heng, her husband, who rushed in with a startled face, but the eunuch who hurried over with another court lady who looked alarmed, likely informed by that court lady about what had happened.
Yueqian sneered. It wasn’t as if the punishment for the two court ladies who harmed her people ended here. Yueqian did this not to deal with them all at once but to “slap” a warning to those behind them. If the Villainess Qin were to slap, that slap would shake the heavens and the earth!
"Stop right now. What do you think you’re doing?!!" The shrill voice, neither fully male nor female, echoed.
The newcomer’s fury was immense upon seeing the court ladies who served them now being beaten so severely, their heads covered with a dirty pot, and the vile governor’s furen hurling insults at them. The eunuch’s mouth twitched violently. The smoldering anger in his heart now had an outlet.
In truth, this eunuch disliked the wife of Red Earth City’s governor from the first sight. The other party didn’t show the respect other women did. His status in the palace was high, even concubines had to respect him. Moreover, she was from the Du Regions, which they despised.
No one understood why the Wang paid so much attention to the governor of Red Earth City. The Emperor even agreed, granting him the governor position. It was good that the other party helped the princess, but in his mind, a poor man from the Du Regions only wanted money. How could he have the skills he claimed? Just rewarding him with a few hundred gold pieces for helping the Princess should suffice.
Ultimately, the eunuch had no decision-making power in this matter, unable to do anything about it, and thus harbored lingering dissatisfaction. But compared to his displeasure with the governor of Red Earth City, he was even more dissatisfied with the wife of the Red Earth City’s governor.
As a woman, she didn’t cater to him as she should. Previously, when the other party stayed at the Wang’s manor awaiting the journey to Red Earth City, it was he who had to travel to the Wang’s manor when there was a royal decree. That manor was vast and grand, and the lifestyle of these outsiders was so good that they were even envious.
However, this woman from another city didn’t seek his favor, not even inviting him to share luxurious meals in the manor. She only offered a single pot of warm tea as a welcome.
If it were any other woman, upon receiving good news, they would have given a gift of money to the eunuch. But this woman, after hearing that her husband had changed from a poor commoner in the Du Regions to an important governor of Red Earth City in the Bai Regions, didn’t show the joy one would expect!
There were many other encounters between them, but the most recent one was when he traveled to the remote Red Earth City, exhausted beyond measure. She showed no concern and left delicate duties to the soldiers. Even though it was well-known that Red Earth City was impoverished, they still let him eat food without any meat!
To him, this was unacceptable! Even if the governor of Red Earth City and the governor’s furen had nothing to eat themselves, they should have managed to find meat for him for at least one meal. Fang Gonggong felt that it was their duty!
"Stop, I said stop now!" Fang Gonggong shouted once more, and this time, he caught Yueqian’s attention.
"Fang Gonggong, you have arrived," Yueqian did not show any respect.
As a eunuch, he was technically just a servant. He held his head high because he served closely with the Emperor, and no one wanted to displease the Emperor. Everyone would want to please him, hoping that one day, if the Emperor asked his opinion, Fang Gonggong would speak well of them.
However, this was not Yueqian’s mindset. She had no interest in acting as a sycophant. Her husband did not want to work by using flattery, because if one started that way, they would have to continue that way.
Even though working straightforwardly faced more obstacles, it led to higher achievements. There was no need to watch anyone’s face; just work diligently, demonstrate results, and be cautious of serpents. This was their plan from the start, so pleasing a servant was not her responsibility.
"Governor’s Furen! Did you not see I have arrived?" Fang Gonggong spoke irritably. He had been there for a while, but the governor’s furen had only just acknowledged him. If this wasn’t a lack of respect, what was?!"Yes, because I was busy disciplining these two traitors, I didn’t notice you," Yueqian was indifferent to his attitude. His anger was evident, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t equally enraged.
